batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l1381-l1492
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l1381-l1492
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 1381-1492
start: '1381'
end: '1492'
translation: The Mesnevi
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“Divine love’s voice each instant left and right is heard to sound, / We’re
bound for heaven.”"
summary: 'The passage recounts anecdotes about the fame and spiritual authority
of Jelal: Sa''di selects and praises one of his odes; a Sheykh in Bakharz reacts
ecstatically and urges travel to see him; the Sheykh''s son later visits him;
Jelal''s widow reports that genii complained about his all-night study and were
later converted by him; and a disciple describes Jelal''s forty days of spiritual
visions followed by a hard ride on an unbroken horse.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Shemsu-'d-Din Hindi asks Sheykh Sa'di to choose the best Persian ode he knows
for presentation to the great Khan of the Moguls.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Sa'di selects an ode by Jelal that begins with divine love calling and the
speakers being bound for heaven.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Sa'di describes Jelal as a monarch who has arisen in the land of Rome and
expresses a wish to go there and place his face in the dust under Jelal's feet.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Sa'di later goes to Qonya, kisses Jelal's hand, and is received by the dervish
circle.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A Sheykh in Bakharz reads the ode, tears his garments, behaves as though mad,
and then praises Jelal with titles including champion of the Faith, pole of the
heavens and earth, and wonderful Sultan.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Sheykh urges those with means and strength to travel at once to visit
Jelal, whom he calls a great light.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: After the Sheykh's death, his son Muzahhiru-'d-Din goes to Rome, sees Jelal,
delivers his father's salutation, and returns to Bakharz.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Kira Khatun reports a man-high candlestick before which Jelal would stand
through the night until dawn studying his father's writings.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A company of genii living in the college complain to Kira Khatun that Jelal's
practice causes them inconvenience and suffering, and they threaten mischief.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Jelal tells his wife that he has converted the genii, that they have become
his disciples, and that they will not harm his friends or dependents.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: A chief disciple reports that Jelal spent forty days under spiritual visions,
appearing as though beside himself, walking bareheaded with his turban twisted
around his neck.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Jelal asks for an unbroken horse, rides south after asking for prayers, and
returns in the evening covered with dust; the horse is nearly exhausted.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jelal
description: Renowned poet and spiritual figure whose ode is praised, whose presence
is sought, who converts genii, and who undergoes visions and a strenuous ride.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Shemsu-'d-Din Hindi
description: Prince of Shiraz who requests Sa'di to select a sublime Persian ode
for presentation to the great Khan.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sheykh Sa'di of Shiraz
description: Renowned poet who selects Jelal's ode, praises Jelal, later travels
to Qonya, and kisses Jelal's hand.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sheykh of Bakharz
description: Spiritual teacher who reads Jelal's ode, reacts ecstatically, praises
Jelal, and urges others to visit him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Muzahhiru-'d-Din
description: Eldest son of the Sheykh of Bakharz who later visits Jelal and delivers
his father's message.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kira Khatun
description: Widow of Jelal who reports the household episode involving the candlestick,
Jelal's study, and the genii.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Company of genii
description: Supernatural dwellers in the college who complain about Jelal's night
practice and are later said to become his disciples.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Unnamed chief disciple, butcher by trade
description: A disciple of Jelal, also described as a butcher, dog trainer, and
horse purveyor, who recounts the forty-day vision episode and prepares the horse.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Unbroken horse
description: A horse saddled with difficulty, ridden by Jelal, and returned exhausted
in the evening.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: praised poet and spiritual master
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jelal's ode is praised, his presence is sought, he is called spiritual titles,
and genii are said to become his disciples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: patron-requester
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He requests a sublime Persian ode and later thanks Sa'di with gifts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: selector and venerator
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sa'di selects Jelal's ode, praises it, and later visits Qonya to kiss Jelal's
hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: ecstatic witness and recommender of pilgrimage
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Sheykh reacts ecstatically to the ode and urges others to visit Jelal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: messenger-son
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He is instructed to convey salutations and later does so after his father's
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: household witness
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: She reports the nocturnal study and the complaint of the genii.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: supernatural complainants turned disciples
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The genii complain of Jelal's practice but are later said to have been converted
and made disciples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: disciple witness and horse provider
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: He reports Jelal's visionary condition and helps saddle the horse Jelal requests.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: difficult mount
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The horse is unbroken, hard to saddle, and becomes exhausted after Jelal's
ride.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Jelal's ode
literal_form: A Persian ode beginning with divine love's voice and a movement toward
heaven.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- ascent
- departure
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: heavenward departure
literal_form: The ode's image of being bound for heaven and witnessing departure.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
- departure
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: great light and sacred visage
literal_form: Verbal images used by the Sheykh when urging travel to see Jelal.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: ironed shoes and ironed staff
literal_form: The Sheykh's image of equipment for immediate travel to visit Jelal.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: man-high candlestick
literal_form: A candlestick the height of a man before which Jelal stands through
the night studying.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: forty days
literal_form: A forty-day period during which Jelal is exercised by visions from
the spiritual world.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- mystical_quest
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: bare head and turban around neck
literal_form: Jelal's appearance while passing through the streets during the visionary
period.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: unbroken horse and exhausting ride
literal_form: A difficult horse ridden south by Jelal and returned nearly exhausted.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sa'di selects Jelal's ode
summary: Shemsu-'d-Din Hindi asks Sa'di for the best Persian ode; Sa'di selects
Jelal's newly known ode and praises its author as a monarch in Rome.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sa'di visits Qonya
summary: After receiving thanks and gifts, Sa'di travels to Qonya, kisses Jelal's
hand, and is received by the dervish circle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: The Sheykh of Bakharz's ecstatic response
summary: The Sheykh reads the ode before learned men, reacts with intense admiration,
praises Jelal, and urges those able to travel to visit him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: The Sheykh's son delivers the salutation
summary: The Sheykh hopes his son will see Jelal and convey his respects; after
the old man's death, the son goes to Rome, sees Jelal, delivers the message, and
returns.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Genii complain and become disciples
summary: Kira Khatun reports that genii complain about Jelal's night-long study
before a tall candlestick; Jelal later says he has converted them and they will
harm no one connected with him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Forty days of visions and the horse ride
summary: A chief disciple reports Jelal's forty-day visionary condition, then describes
Jelal requesting an unbroken horse, riding south, and returning dusty with the
horse exhausted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine love calling the soul toward heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- ascent
- departure
basis: The ode selected by Sa'di begins with divine love's voice sounding and the
speakers being bound for heaven, with departure witnessed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage quotes the opening of an ode within a biographical anecdote;
it does not narrate an actual ascent event.
- id: motif:2
label: journey to behold a living saint
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- wisdom
basis: Sa'di travels to Qonya to kiss Jelal's hand, and the Sheykh of Bakharz urges
others to equip themselves and travel at once to see Jelal's sacred visage and
hear him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The journeys are devotional visits rather than a fully elaborated quest
narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: saint converts supernatural beings
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Genii complain of Jelal's night practice, but Jelal later states that he
has converted them and that they have become his disciples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The conversion is reported indirectly by Jelal to his wife; no conversion
scene is narrated.
- id: motif:4
label: forty-day visionary ordeal
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- mystical_quest
basis: A disciple reports that Jelal is exercised by visions from the spiritual
world for forty days and appears beside himself before the subsequent horse journey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the forty days an initiation or ordeal;
that label is a motif-level inference from the described duration and altered
state.
- id: motif:5
label: spiritual authority affirmed through ecstatic recognition
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Sheykh of Bakharz responds to Jelal's ode with tearing of garments, intense
praise, and assertions that earlier seers would have wished to meet Jelal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a hagiographic recognition scene; the passage does not frame it
as a formal test or revelation.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1381-1400
quote_or_summary: Shemsu-'d-Din Hindi asks Sa'di for a sublime Persian ode; Sa'di
selects Jelal's ode beginning, “Divine love's voice ... We're bound for heaven,”
and praises Jelal as a monarch in Rome.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1401-1405
quote_or_summary: The prince thanks Sa'di with presents; Sa'di later goes to Qonya,
kisses Jelal's hand, and is received by the dervish circle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1406-1430
quote_or_summary: The Sheykh of Bakharz reads the ode, reacts ecstatically, praises
Jelal as champion, pole, Sultan, and great light, and urges friends with means
and strength to visit him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1431-1438
quote_or_summary: The Sheykh tells his son Muzahhiru-'d-Din to convey salutations
to Jelal; after the Sheykh's death, the son goes to Rome, sees Jelal, delivers
the message, and returns.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1440-1458
quote_or_summary: Kira Khatun reports Jelal's night-long study before a man-high
candlestick; genii in the college complain and threaten harm, but Jelal later
says he has converted them into disciples who will not harm his people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1460-1472
quote_or_summary: A chief disciple reports Jelal's forty days of visions from the
spiritual world, during which he passes through streets bareheaded with his turban
around his neck and appears beside himself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1473-1492
quote_or_summary: Jelal asks for an unbroken horse to be saddled, rides south after
asking for prayers, and returns at evening covered in dust with the exhausted
horse reduced to skin and bone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based solely on the supplied passage. Motif labels use available
taxonomy where directly supportable; comparison claims are left empty because
the passage does not itself establish cross-textual or historical comparisons.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No external sources or comparisons were used.
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